Waiting on Tables

So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.
Acts 6:2 (NET)

The whole context of this scripture was that the disciples were tending to EVERYTHING! They were tending to prayer, teaching, waiting on people, etc. They fell into the trap that Moses fell into. It took Moses' father-in-law to speak up and say "Dude, you can't do it all!" The disciples realized this too and said "Bros, we can't do everything because it is taking away from the task we are called to do." This doesn't mean that "waiting on tables" was less important than teaching and prayer, it meant that they could no longer do what God was telling them to do. In fact in verse 4 they said the "waiting on tables" was a necessary task. As humans, we are limited in what we can do. We are also limited to 24 hours in a day. Us perfectionist (and those with pride...yep, I said that) think we can do everything AND we can do it better. But we perfectionist (and prideful people and you know who you are) have to lay down that thinking and come to the reality that we can't do everything and that we need to do only what we are called to do. Another way of looking at it is this...if you are trying to do everything when other people are called to do what you think you need to be doing when you are suppose to be doing something else, you are robbing the other people of what God has called them to do. In other words, I am called to teach and that is what I am doing. But if I think "well bless God I should be running the children's ministry and playing on the worship team and greeting" then I am robbing those that ARE called to do those things. 

Take Away...

Don't think you can do everything, because you can't. Do what you are called to do, and let others do what they are called to do.